Dermoscopy for Congenital Melanocytic Nevi

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 661-665

  Lodha, Rashmi ^a   McDonald, William Scott ^a   Elgart, George W ^a   Thaller, Seth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Benign nevus; Congenital nevi; Dermoscopy; Malignant melanoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL TRANSFORMATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; PIGMENTED NEVUS; SKIN TUMOR;

CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0642280608     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: 15363732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001665-200309000-00011     Document Type: Article

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